Formula One

The Formula 1 season enjoyed lights out for the first time in 2019, with the season getting underway in Melbourne, Australia last weekend. The race may not have featured a sterling amount of drama, or for some people, any at all. There may be a lot to be gleaned from …

Martinsville Madness In the interests of full disclosure, there isn’t a track I enjoy more than the iconic Martinsville Speedway. For each of the last 12 seasons, I have had the pleasure of writing about the famed old paper clip. I like to make note of the fact that Martinsville …

Valtteri Bottas started second at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne’s Albert Park on Sunday (March 17) but edged teammate, and reigning champion, Lewis Hamilton, by the first turn to sprint out to what would become a dominating victory. The win was the fourth of the Finn’s career and first …

Lewis Hamilton starts where he left off from the 2018 season by claiming his sixth pole position at Melbourneʻs Albert Park. If you donʻt recall, Hamilton closed out last year by claiming pole and winning the race at Abu Dhabi to add an exclamation point to his fifth championship. After …

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting, regarded as one of motorsport’s most influential figures, died unexpectedly Thursday (March 14) of a pulmonary embolism. He was just 66 years old. Whiting’s death comes three days before he was due to officiate Formula 1’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Whiting had been the …

ROKit Williams F1 announced yesterday (March 6) that technical chief Paddy Lowe will take a personal leave of absence from the team just over one week before the 2019 F1 season kicks off in Australia on March 17. Questions regarding Lowe’s position with the team arose when Williams was unable …

Another Formula 1 testing season has come and gone and on one hand, we got to see the cars on track, meaning we got to see the updates in the aerodynamic bodyparts as it pertains to the new regulations affecting the front and rear wings, and we also got to …

Last Friday (Feb. 1) the Alfa Romeo Sauber Formula 1 team announced it will be dropping the famous Sauber name that has been in the sport since 1993 and will rebrand as Alfa Romeo Racing for the 2019 season and moving forward. New name, same game! ⚡ We're excited to …

On. Monday (January 7, 2019) Scuderia Ferrari announced on their website that Maurizio Arrivabene will leave the Prancing Horse as Team Principal and will be replaced by Technical Director Mattia Binotto. The move comes a little over four years after Arrivabene was named principal in the months leading up to …

This stop on Frontstretch’s Formula 1 season review brings us to what may have been the biggest build-up and letdown of the entire season, Ferrari. The previous two years had been difficult. The 2016 season was a fall from form with no wins, followed by a return to respectability in 2017 …